Failed to acquire .NET runtime. Please report an issue and share the output from the '.Net Install Tool' output channel.

[ismailhkose]

Does this occur consistently? No
Repro steps:
It failed at the time of VSCode start up. Before that, I upgraded VSCode and some extensions to the latest versions.

Action: azextAgent.activate
Error type: Error
Error Message: Failed to acquire .NET runtime. Please report an issue and share the output from the redacted:url Install Tool' output channel.

Version: 0.3.97
OS: win32
OS Release: 10.0.26100
Product: Visual Studio Code
Product Version: 1.97.0
Language: en

Call Stack

extension.bundle.js:2:1806643extension.bundle.js:2:1806643
fulfilled extension.bundle.js:2:1805738

[kvenkatrajan]

Are you aware of any network issues/firewall restrictions in your area?
Have you tried changing the timeout value - did it address the issue?
Can you provide the version of .NET install tool installed on the system?